Increased expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and anomalous neurites in catecholaminergic neurons of ATF-2 null mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Kojima, Masayo ^a   Suzuki, Takahiro ^a,d   Maekawa, Toshio ^b   Ishii, Shunsuke ^b   Sumi Ichinose, Chiho ^c   Nomura, Takahide ^c   Ichinose, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRE; Dopaminergic neuron; Knockout mice; Repressor; Transcription; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; LOCUS COERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURITES; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 38849159501     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21510     Document Type: Article

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